A cab driver was held up at gunpoint in Flatlands Saturday night and got a lot more than he gave.

The 55-year-old victim told police that he was standing outside his car near the corner of East 56th Street and Avenue I during the early-morning hours of February 28 when an unidentified man with a gun approached him.

The thug demanded his money, but the cabbie refused, reportedly fighting the thief off.

The gunman opened fire during the ensuing scuffle, hitting the cabbie in his left hip.

The thief ran off empty-handed, police said. The cabbie was transported to an area hospital, where he was listed in stable condition after treatment.

Cops were still looking for the gunman as this paper went to press.

Anyone with information regarding the thief’s whereabouts is urged to contact the 63rd Precinct at (718) 258-4411. All calls will be kept confidential.

Car looter busted

A nosy neighbor became a life-saver for a handful of motorists last week after he spotted someone breaking into cars in Flatlands.

Cops said that they were directed to East 31st Street between Avenues I and J just after 4 a.m. on February 28 after someone called 911.

When they arrived at the scene, they found 22-year-old Gregory Calixte allegedly looting through a car — the second one he allegedly broke into on the block that night.

Cops took Calixte into custody without incident, charging him with grand larceny.

Three on one

Cops are looking for three thugs who pounded on a 19-year-old until he gave up his cell phone outside Kings Plaza last week.

The victim said that he was on Avenue U approaching East 55th Street at 3 p.m. on February 28 when the three males attacked him.

The trio punched their victim to the ground and then ripped the cell phone from his grasp, said officials.

Score one for strong windows

A thief tried to enter a Mill Island home last week, but couldn’t get past the window.

A 40-year-old woman told police that she returned to her Mill Avenue home near Mayfair Drive at about 8 p.m. February 22 only to learn that someone had tampered with her side window.

Whoever did it, however, didn’t have the time, patience or skill to force the matter and get inside.

Cops were trying to locate the burglar as this paper went to press.

Cooling off

A set of keys and some bank records were removed from a Mill Basin home a thief managed to raid because of an unsecured air conditioner.

A 54-year-old Avenue T woman near East 59th Street told police that when she returned home at 5:30 p.m. on February 26, she quickly discovered that someone had removed the air conditioner from a rear window, crawling through the space he had made.

The keys and bank records were the only things missing, the woman told police.

Purses and parking lots

Parking lots aren’t as safe as they seem.

A 39-year-old motorist learned that the hard way last week when she returned to her car and found that someone had busted her window and made off with her handbag.

Police were told that $400 and several credit cards were in the purse when it was swiped sometime before 8 p.m. on February 22.

The raid took place in a restaurant parking lot on Flatlands Avenue near East 56th Street, officials said.

Mechanic sought

Police are trying to track down the would-be thief who likes to build cars from scratch, or at least from parts taken from other people’s cars.

This menacing mechanic hit Marine Park last week, stripping a car parked on Hendrickson Street between avenues S and T.

Cops were told that the ambitious thief managed to take the doors, hood and spare tire from the car before the owner took notice at 11 a.m. on February 22.

On the hook for $11Gs

A Mill Basin senior certainly wants to meet the man who used his identity to rack up $11,483 in credit card charges.

Let’s just hope that the police are there when he does, because someone may get hurt.

The 74-year-old East 58th Street resident told police that the credit card account was opened back in 2007. Since then, his impersonator has been living “high on the hog” making thousands of dollars in purchases on the senior’s good name and credit history.

Cops said that the fraud wasn’t discovered until just recently.

Stolen car round up

It seems that there are two kinds of careers that demand employees make their rounds during snow storms — mailmen and car thieves.

It may seem shocking, but car thieves made a killing in the area last week as we braced for the icy blast that turned our streets into winter wonderlands.

Police from the 63rd Precinct said that four cars were stolen between February 18 and February 26 — the day last week’s blizzard ended.

Officials said that a 2000 Honda Civic was taken from East 48th Street between Avenue O and Fillmore Avenue on February 21, a 1995 Volkswagen Jetta was removed from East 34th Street near Flatbush Avenue and a black Jeep was stolen from Avenue P near Ryder Street.

The most expensive car stolen last week was in Flatlands — a red 2010 Ford E350 van, which was discovered missing from Avenue J near East 48h Street on the morning of February 26.

Marine Park gunman still sought

Cops are continuing their search for the masked gunman who opened fire on a 47-year-old Marine Park woman as she took her 13-year-old son to school.

A bullet grazed the woman’s head and the gunman ran off, said police, who were still looking for the camouflage-clad triggerman as this paper went to press.

Cops said that the woman and her son had just walked to her car parked near the corner of Quentin Road and Coleman Street at 8 a.m. February 4 when the suspect opened fire.

The woman suffered a graze wound. Her son was startled but otherwise uninjured.

Paramedics rushed the woman to Kings County Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition after treatment.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to come forward.

Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Stabbed and mugged

Cops are looking for a knife-wielding thug who stabbed and sliced a 17-year-old on Nostrand Avenue during a recent mugging.

Officials said that the teen was walking along Nostrand Avenue between avenues I and J just before 4 p.m. February 9 when an unidentified black male attacked him.

The thief punched the young man in the face then flashed a knife and charged, officials said.

He ultimately ran off with the victim’s cell phone, said police, who added that the victim was ok after treatment.

Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.

Calls can be made to the 63rd Precinct at (718) 258-4411. All calls will be kept confidential.

Help wipe out graffiti

As the ongoing war against graffiti vandalism continues, cops are now offering a $500 reward to anyone with information that can help them arrest neighborhood graffiti vandals.

The hefty reward is part of the city’s ongoing push to rid New York of graffiti; the leading quality of life complaint brought to police.

Anyone with information about graffiti vandalism in their neighborhood is urged to contact either 311 or 911.